Matt: Nowdays its good to be employed and in a high tech area even better. Scott
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 8:35 AM Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it were me, I wouldn't let the community design the puzzle pieces > that speak HTTP on one end and function/component-specific, native API on > the other.. IBM is best placed to make this happen since they've got the > teams designing and maintaining parts of z/OS. > > For good or bad I work for IBM :) The community is mostly made up of > system engineers that have been building Z products for years. We’re > hoping that like CBT and other open source venues to have folks contribute > and make their creations available via Zowe. > > Matt Hogstrom > [email protected] > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > > It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. > It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. > -Mark Twain > > > > > > On Jan 10, 2019, at 8:13 AM, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thank you Matt, are you working on something in this area.. ? > > > > Just wanted to hear from experienced z folk on whether the thing I've > mentioned below sounds doable. > > And if it seems simpler than zOSMF + Zowe. > > Reckon the "security module" for IHSA can even be baked into core IHSA, > if it isn't a function abstract-able to a mere 'module' level > > If accessibility (API modules for IHSA) to system functions is > established, then IHSA itself can provide DoS mitigation, rate limiting, > etc, as should a web server (or some light-weight product on top of it). > > If it were me, I wouldn't let the community design the puzzle pieces > that speak HTTP on one end and function/component-specific, native API on > the other.. IBM is best placed to make this happen since they've got the > teams designing and maintaining parts of z/OS. > > > > It would be superb if this functionality comes as a IHSA edition or some > such. > > IHSA normal web server edition vs IHSA total control edition. > > > > – Vignesh > > Mainframe Infrastructure > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> On Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom > > Sent: 10 January 2019 12:43 > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Zowe question for IBM > > > > I’d say that for me personally that is what I want to make available. > Of course, everything you highlighted needs security and some guide rails > to ensure that the system is protected against DoS kinds of attacks. > > > > That is not what z/OSMF is doing. z/OSMF is a collection of RESTful > services that are developed by IBM and are closed so the priority of what > is being worked on is dependent on the IBM development community. Of > course they take input from customers and address issues that they > prioritize as best for the platform and customers. Zowe is an opportunity > for the community to build and contribute services like you described > because they have value to you. > > > > As you described it, making access to z/OS system data and ability to > manage if via REST is one of the things I am interested but I’m only one > guy :) > > > > Just a matter of code and test. > > > > Matt Hogstrom > > [email protected] > > +1-919-656-0564 > > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > > Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom < > https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom>> LinkedIn < > https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom>> Twitter < > https://twitter.com/hogstrom <https://twitter.com/hogstrom>> > > > > “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." > > — Hogstrom > > > >> On Jan 10, 2019, at 2:48 AM, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello All, > >> > >> The recent Zowe discussion got me wondering... > >> Let's say there are thousands of components or subsystems in z/OS, such > as the service for catalog services, ISPF, ISMF, SMS, SDSF, JES2, RACF/ESM, > XCF, IOS, parts within CICS, DB2, IMS, etc. etc. > >> Is it not possible to create a module for each of these > subsystems/components that, in essence, maps the existing assembler/C/REXX > APIs to HTTP APIs, and provides detailed documentation (so as to cover what > is callable via HTTP)? > >> By module I mean modules for a web server, such as the IBM HTTP Server > for Apache. > >> This way, since z/OS comes with IHSA these days, exposing z/OS guts via > HTTP is just a matter of adding modules to the HTTP server. > >> > >> I don't know if what I've described is basically z/OSMF, but with WAS > Liberty... ? > >> > >> C'est possible? > >> > >> - Vignesh > >> Mainframe Infrastructure > >> > >> > >> MARKSANDSPENCER.COM > >> ________________________________ > >> Unless otherwise stated above: > >> Marks and Spencer plc > >> Registered Office: > >> Waterside House > >> 35 North Wharf Road > >> London > >> W2 1NW > >> > >> Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. > >> > >> Telephone (020) 7935 4422 > >> Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 > >> > >> www.marksandspencer.com > >> > >> Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. > >> > >> This e-mail is confidential. 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